Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the labor interests, an...d the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The hapless Nymph with wonder saw:A whisker first and then a claw,...With many an ardent wish,She stretch'd in vain to reach the prize.What female heart can gold despise?What Cat's averse to fish?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Swan/Mary Rutledge: Listen, listen to them. Men like to yell, don't they? They imagine they are millionaires already.Col. Co...bb: More than that. They've all left lives behind them they didn't like. They all dream of being reborn in the new land.Swan: Do they? Or do they dream of gold?Col. Cobb: No, no, Miss Rutledge. Behind that fog, lies not only sand filled with gold, but a new empire for men of vision.Swan: Men of vision. Oh, I love the fine names men give each other to hide their greed and lust for adventure.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »